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No. 117 Light Street, 

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PBDICATIOR. 



To Endea;vorers who find 

Roentgen rays within their mind, 
Penetrating Matter's shell, 

Seeing Spirit's nut as well. 
Do I dedicate this ode — 

This ideal ray cathode, 
As a little souvenir 

Of your pleasant visit here. 



-The Author. 



Washington, July 8, 1896. 



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THE START. 



We started forth one lovely Summer morn — 
My Uncle The' and I, to view the grand 

Old Capitol, whose symmetries adorn 
Not only Washington, but all our land. 

My uncle was a kind old man, whose face 

Was sunny as the Spring — tho' Winter's snow 
Had capped his head and fell in lines of grace 

About his neck. Across his pensive brow 
Three furrows found their way — no work of care, 

But wrought by meditation; and his eye — 
While earnestness and dignity were there. 

Yet beamed with genial, harmless pleasantry. 

"And have you ne'er this noble building seen? " 
He asked me, as along the street we strolled; 

" And know you not what ' Capitol ' may mean? " 
For I was but a lad, just twelve years old, 

A stranger in the city, who had come 
To visit at my uncle's pleasant home. 

"The word implies 'head building!'' For 'tis there 
The country's head is: — there the thinking 's done, 

The dangers seen, and heard the people's prayer, 
The scenting out of evil carried on, 



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The people's voices uttered. Thus, you see, 

'T has brains, and eyes, and ears, and nose, and mouth, 
And therefore called — a head!" 

As Uncle The' 
Stopped speaking, there approached a poor, uncouth, 
Blind negro, following an urchin's lead, 
Who for a few small alms began to plead. 



THE BOOK. 



"I see that in your outward eyes you're blind," 
Said Uncle The' as to the man he turned 

To grant the favor. "But I hope your mind 
Sees what with outward eyes is not discerned." 

"Indeed it does, Sir; and 'twill not be long 
Before I'll have no further need of eyes," 
The old man answered. 

As we passed along 

I saw — in one of his deep reveries 
That I had often noticed— Uncle The' 

Had closed his eyes. But presently he sighed 
" How great a thing it is, my son, to" see!" 



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"I know it uncle," shyly I replied. 
*'But yet," in slow and thoughtful tones, said he, 
"How great a thing it is, my son, to see/ 

"For everything you see, my child, 's a Book, 
Where, if you have the vision of the mind, 

And carefully within its pages look, 
You'll much of wisdom, much of beauty find. 

" But only when you know the language used 
Can any book with profit be perused. 

''Imagination is the dialect 

In which these object books their truths reflect." 

"This language is an easy one to learn. 
And all you need, to learn it, is — to think. 
No other foreign tongue would let you drink 

Of so much pleasure, or such truth discern." 

"Why, Uncle, you imagination call 
A foreign tongue!" 

"And so it is, my son. 
To many people, satisfied to crawl 

Along the same ruts, as they've always done." 

"They think of nothing higher, more sublime, 

Than daily work to earn their daily food. 
They see no noble end toward which to climb, 
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"The}^ spend their lives in getting means to live, 
And then do nothing with the lives thus earned; 

Forgetting that true life 's that time we give 
To things in which eternity 's concerned. 

"But let me see how well you understand 

This 'foreign tongue,' imagination. List! 
That blind old man, led by that 'rchin's hand — 
It was a book: can you its sense untwist?" 

*'No, Uncle, but I'd like to learn," I said. 

''Then hark: — In this kind, as in every book, 
The title page should be the first thing read; 

Then at the contents table we should look; 
And then begin to read. 

"It seems to me 
The title-page of this Book, read aright, 

Runs thuswise; 'Leading: Showing what things we 
Ourselves must have, if we would lead to light 

A brother lacking spiritual sight.' 

"And next, the chapter-headings thus progress, 
As noted on the contents-table: 'Eyes; 

A knowledge of the way; our willingness; 
The Led One's confidence — which underlies 

His following and our faithfulness implies; 
Our actual contact, and our gentleness." 



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THE BUILDING. 



But here the Eastern Front was plainly seen, 
And lo! in bold relief against the sky, 

There stood the noble edifice, — serene 
Embodiment of grace and majesty. 

"How beautiful!" involuntarily 
Exclaimed my uncle as we caught the gleam 

Of graceful dome, of marble purity, 
Of fluted shafts, and flowing steps, that seem 
Like some volcano's spreading lava stream, 
Or overflowing bowl of richest cream! 

"And yet 'tis more than beautiful, — 'tis strong: — 
In fact, — it is a Book, that will explain 

How we may build our lives, that, mid the throng 
Of them that perish swift, we shall remain. 

"And thus it runs: — Like builders are all we; 

Our lives, as houses built by masons' toil. 
Each day we add a little, — it may be 

Of pure white marble, wood, or filthy soil. 

This noble building, then, your model make. 
If you would have your edifice endure: 

And this first wholesome lesson from it take — 
To build with patience; so you build but sure! 



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What though you do build little in a year, 

So that your little is but built to stay! 
What if your building does take loug to rear — 

'Twill take far longer for it to decay! 

"And build for greatness! Mankind's greatest sin 
Is pettiness! Then let your soul expand 

Till it becomes so high it enters in 

To heaven's lofty thought and motives grand; 

So lo7ig it reaches forward far beyond 
This present world's ephem'ral vanity; 

So broad it reaches out its loving bond 
Of sympathy to all humanity. 

"And may you also from your model learn 
To keep a well-marked //^r/c?^^ full in view; 

And often to a studied /Za« to turn, 
That you rear not your edifice untrue. 

"But be your purpose worthy of your toil! 

Your plan projected by the Golden Rule! 
Lest all your work the future should despoil 

And all your fond, ambitious hopes befool. 

"And, would you have your building stand the storms 
That blow alike on all, you must, forsooth, 

Dig deep beneath the surface of mere forms 
And rest upon the solid ground of truth! 



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"But do not start without a Cornerstone 

If you would build it with impunity 
And not, at last, behold your house o'erblown 
For lack of aught to give it unity. 

"And would you have your huilding Jire-proqf 
That day when fire each man's work shall try? 

From wood, and hay, and stubble keep aloof. 
And build in only that which makes for^aye! 

"But build for deaaty, not for strength alone! 
That like your model so your life may be: 

Imposing, noble, regular, a-tone, 

Attractive, graceful, pure and blemish free — 
Within, 'all glorious,' lovely, fair to see. 

"Yet, let not beauty interfere with strength! 

Too slender shafts would break beneath their stress. 
Be gracious; but be not so to the length 

Of doing wrong for sake of graciousness. 

"And finally, alike your model here, 

Your house is set upon a hill, alone, 
Whereon it can be seen from far and near — 

From 'Vistas' least suspected and unknown! 

Then build a life you w^ould not blush to own. 



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*'And see! Though verdure partially may screen 
Our noble Capitol from human sight, 

No barrier above can intervene 

To hide its loveliness from heaven's height! 

•'So, though surroundings partially may hide 
Your life from those about you, yet no screen 

Can cover it from heaven, whence espied 
Is all its beauty— all its evil seen. 

•*Thus ends the book entitled 'builders: We.' 

And this its closing text: 'Let every man 
Take heed how he buildeth!' 

Uncle The' 
Then led me off, the pleasant grounds to scan." 



THE GROUNDS, 



We trod the spacious court and felt at ease 
In luxury of room! Felt too how small 

And insignificant we were, as by degrees 

Throughout its thousand feet we'd slowly crawl. 
Not seeming to approach the end at all. 






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And as we rested on a lengthy seat 

Of parti-colored stone, said Uncle The' 

"These grand dimensions always seem replete 
With hints of heaven — infinite and free! 

Where each soul has sufficient room to move 
At liberty, where none is cramped or bound; 

Where fullest scope for our spontaneous love, 
And action, and development, is found 

"And what a contrast do the grounds now show 
In cleanliness and beauty, to the view 

But little more than twenty years ago. 
Of fenced-in common, and of dust that blew 
And covered all things with a tawny hue! 

Improve/ Although with what you have content. 
Be nevermore content with what you are. 

You owe it to the cause you represent. 
Its glory to enhance and not to mar, 

"Replace dead dust with fresh and vernal life. 

Take down your railing of exclusiveness. 
Let peace and beauty take the place of strife; 

Ambition fall before diffusiveness. 

"Cut off sharp corners. Change your shortest way 
To curves of mindfulness of others' weal 

Let your sublime and beautiful array 

Your Great Designer's symmetry reveal." 



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CHURCHES. 



BAPTIST. 
First Baptist, Thirteenth St., between G and H Sts., N. W. 
Second Church, corner of Virginia Ave. and Fourth St., S. E. 
E Street Church, south side, between 6th and yth Sts., N. W. 
Calvary Church, corner of H and 8th Sts., N. W. 
Fifth Baptist Church, D St. near 4>^ St., S. W. 
North Baptist Church, 14th St. near R St., N. W. 
Kendall Mission Chapel, corner 13^ and D Sts., S. W. 
Calvary Mission Chapel, corner of 5th and P Sts., N. W. 
Metropolitan Baptist Chapel, corner of A and 6th Sts., N. E. 
Gay Street Baptist, cor. Congress and Gay Sts., Georgetown. 



CHRISTIAN. 
Christian Church, Vermont Ave. between N and O Sts., N . W 

CONGR EGATIONAL. 
First Congregational Church, corner of lothand G Sts., N. W 

EPISCOPAL. 
St. John's Church, corner of i6th and H Sts., N. W. 
Epiphany Church, G St. between 13th and 14th Sts., N. W. 
Trinity Church, cor. 3d and C Sts., N. W. 



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EPISCOPAL.— Co7itinued. 
Church of the Ascension, corner of Massachusetts Ave. and 

I2th St , N. W. 
Christ Church, G Street between 6th and yth Streets, S. E. 
Grace Church, D St. between 8th and 9th Sts., S. W. 
Church of the Incarnation, corner of 12th and N Sts., N. W. 
St. Mark's Church, 3d St. between A and B Sts., S. E. 
St. Paul's Church, 23d St., N. W., south of Pennsylvania Ave. 

Circle. 
Church of the Holy Communion, 22d St. near E St., N. W. 
Church of the Holy Cross, corner of 19th and P Sts., N. W. 
St. Andrew's Church, 14th and Corcoran Sts. N. W. 
St. James Parish, services 819 H St., N. E. 
St. Paul's Church, Rock Creek, near Soldier's Home. 
Emanuel Church, Washington St., Uniontown. 
Christ Church, corner of Congress and Beall Sts., Georgetown, 
St. John's Church, Second and Potomac Sts., Georgetown. 
Grace Church, between Bridge and Water Sts., Georgetown, 
St. Albans, High St. extended, Georgetown. 

FRIENDS' MEETING-HOUSE. 
Meeting-House (Orthodox), 13th St. between R and S Sts., 

N. W. 
Meeting-House (Hicksite), I St. between i8th and 19th, Sts. 

N. W. 

GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH. 
First Reformed Church, corner of 6th and N Sts., N. W. 



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LUTHERAN. 
St. Paul's Church, corner of nth and H Sts., N. W. 
Memorial Church, corner of N and 14th Sts., N. W. 
German Evangelical Cong, of Trinity, corner of 4th and E 

Sts., N. W. 
German Evangelical Church, corner of 20th and G Sts., N. W. 
German Evangelical St. John's Church, 4^ Street, S. W. 
Capitol Hill Mission, ist St. near C St., S. E. 
German Evangelical Association, 6th St. between L and M 

vSts., N. W. 
Lutheran Church, corner of High and 4th Sts., Georgetown. 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL. 
Metropolitan, corner ^]4. and C Sts., N. W. 
Foundry Church, Cor. 14th and G Sts., N. W. 
Wesley Chapel, corner of 5th and F Streets, N. W. 
McKendree Church, Massachusetts Ave. betw^een 9th and 

loth Sts., N. W. 
Ryland Chapel, corner of loth and D Sts., S. W. 
Union Chapel, 20th Street near Pennsylvania Ave., N. W. 
Waugh Chapel, corner of Third and A Streets, N. E. 
Hamline Church, corner of 9th and P Streets, N. W. 
Grace Chapel, corner of Ninth and S Streets, N. W. 
Fourth Street Church, Fourth St. between South Carolina Ave. 

and G. St., S. E. 
Twelfth Street Church, corner of 12th and E Sts., S. E. 
Fletcher Chapel, corner of Ne*w York Ave. and 4th St., N. W. 



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METHODIST EPISCOPAL.— Continued. 
Gorsuch Chapel, corner of L and 4^ Sts., S. W. 
Providence Chapel, corner of Second and I Streets, N. E. 
Mount Zion Chapel, corner of 15th and R Sts., N. W. 
McKendree Mission, H St. between 8th and 9th Sts., N. E. 
Memorial M. E. Chapel, H and nth Sts., N. E. 
Union town, opposite the Navy Yard. 

Dumbarton St., between Congress and High Sts., Georgetown. 
West Georgetown Church, corner of Fayette and 7th Sts.. 
Georgetown. 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL.- -South. 
Mount Vernon Church, corner of 9th and K Streets, N. W. 



METHODIST PROTESTANT. 

Methodist Protestant Church, 9th St. between E and F Sts., 
N. W. 

First M. P. Church, Virginia Ave. near Navy Yard. 

M. P. Mission, corner of 8th St. and North Carolina Ave., S. E. 

Congress St. Church, between Bridge and Gay Sts., George- 
town. 

Mount Pleasant Church, corner of Fayette and High Sts., 
Georgetown. 

NEW JERUSALEM. 
Temple of the New Jerusalem, North Capitol St. between B 
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PRESBYTERIAN. 
First Presbyterian Church, 4>^ St. between Louisiana Ave. 

and C Street, N. W. 
New York Ave. Church, New York Ave. between 13th and 

• 14th Sts., N. W. 
Fourth Church, 9th St. between G and H Sts., N. W. 
Assembly's Church, corner of 5th and I Sts., N. W. 
Sixth Church, 6th St. near Maryland Ave., S. W. 
Western Presbyterian Church, H St. between 19th and 20th 

Sts., N. W. 
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, corner of Fourth and B 

Sts., S. E. 
North Presbyterian, N St. between 9th and loth Sts., N. W. 
"Westminster Presbyterian Church, 7th St. between D and E 

Sts., S. W. 
Reformed Presbyterian, ist St. between N and O Sts. S. W. 
Central Presbyterian, corner of 3d and I Sts. N. W. 
Eastern Presbyterian, 8th St. between F and G Sts., N. E. 
Gurley Mission, Boundary near 7th St., N. W. 
West Street Presbyterian, between Congress and High Sts., 

Georgetown. 

UNITARIAN. 
All Soul's Church, corner of 14th and L Sts., N. W. 

UNIVERSALIST. 
Church of Our Father, corner of 13th and L Sts., N. W. 



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HINTS TO VISITORS, 



The first and best advice to give is — don't hurry. The 
attrition of haste spoils many an otherwise pleasant journey. 
To do justice to the many distinctive and enjoyable features 
of the National Capitol an extended visit is necessary. But 
as many tourists are pressed for time and yet desire to see as 
much as possible of the city, how to do this is a matter of 
moment. Take a carriage or hansom with an intelligent 
driver and drive through the centre of the city, embracing 
the central portions of Pennsylvania Avenue and yth, 9th and 
F Streets; afterwards through the fashionable West End. 
A drive through Connecticut Avenue from La Fayette Park 
to DupoDt Circle returning via Massachusetts Avenue, in- 
cludes much of the "palatial section." Then by driving on 
7th Street, below Pennsylvania Avenue, the grounds of the 
"Mall" may be inspected; upon w^hich are located the Smith- 
sonian Institute, the National Museum, the Department of 
Agriculture Building, the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, 
and the Washington Monument. This ride will include the 
White House, Treasury Building, all the Department Build- 
ings, and many fine churches and other objects of interest. 
This ride may be continued by including the grounds of the 
Capitol and then dowm East Capitol Street as far as Lincoln 
Square, returning by way of North Carolina and Pennsylvania 
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Do not slight the Capitol, as a hasty inspection will fail 
to reveal its many wonders. The White House is open to 
visitors every week day from lo a. m. to 2 p. m. The depart- 
ment buildings are open to visitors from 9 a. m. to 4 9- m. 
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays are the days on which 
there is no charge for admission to the Corcoran Art Gallery; 
on other days the admission is 25 cents. Gallery open from 

10 a. m. to 4 p. M. 

Steamer for Mt. Vernon leaves wharf foot of 7th Street every 
morning at 10 a. m., returning at 3. 30 p. m. Fare $1.00, in- 
cluding admission to Grounds and Mansion. 



PLACES OF INTEREST. 



U. S. Capitol, Capitol Hill. 

Congressional Library, Capitol Hill. 

Executive Mansion, Pennsylvania Ave., bet. 15th and 17th Sts. 

State, War and Navy Departments, Pennsylvania Ave. and 

17th St. 
Treasury Building, Pennsylvania Ave. and 15th St. 
Post Office Department, between E and F and 7th and 8th Sts. 
Patent Office, between F and G and 7th and 9th Sts. 
General Land Office, in Patent Office. 
Interior Department, in ?Uent Office. 



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Agricultural Departraent, between i2tli and 14th Sts., S. W. 
Smithsonian Institution, between 7th and 12th Sts., S. W. 
National Museum, between 7th and 12th Sts., S. W. 
U. S. Coast Survey, New Jersey Ave., south of Pennsylvania 

Ave. 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 14th and B Sts., S. W. 
Department of Justice, Pennsylvania Ave., opposite Treasury. 
Army Medical Museum, loth St. between E and F Sts. 
Government Printing Office, H and North Capitol Sts. 
Court of Claims, 1509 Pennsylvania Avenue. 
Military Barracks, foot of 4>^ Street, S. W. 
Corcoran Art Gallery, Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street. 
National Board of Health, 1410 G. Street. 
Government Hospital for Insane, opposite Navy Yard. 
Navy Yard, foot of 8th Street, S. E. 

U. S. Naval Hospital, Pennsylvania Ave. and 9th St., S. E. 
Soldiers' Home, 7th Street, north of Boundary Street. 
Washington Monument, Mall, south of Executive Mansion. 
Howard University, 7th, north of Boundary Street. 
Pension Office, 4th and F Streets, N. W. 
National Observatory, foot of 24th Street. 
Congressional Cemetery, 19th and E Streets, S. E. 
Botanical Garden, Pennsylvania Ave. between ist and 2d Sts. 
District Government Offices, ist St., near Indiana Ave. 
City Post Office, Louisiana Ave., between 6tli and 7th Sts. 
Columbia Institute for Deaf and Dumb, M and Boundary Sts., 

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District Courts, City Hall. 

Odd Fellows Hall, 7th, between D and E Sts. 

Masonic Temple, gth and F Sts. 

National Rifles' Armory, G, between 9th and loth Sts. 

Providence Hospital, 2d and D Sts., S. E- 

Children's Hospital, W, between i2tli and 13th Sts. 

Columbia Hospital for Women, Pennsylvania Ave. and 25tli St. 

Freedman's Hospital, sth and Boundary Sts. 

Louise Home, 15th St. and Massachusetts. Ave. 

Bureau of Statistics, 407 15th St. 

Quartermaster's Department, Pennsylvania Ave., cor. 15th St. 

Signal Corps, 1725 G St. 

Navy Pay Office, 15th St., Cor. New York Ave. 

United States Pension Agency, 4th and F Sts., N. W. 

Convent of Visitation, 1500 35th St. 

Marine Barracks, 8th St., S. E. 

The Y. M. C. A., 1409-1411 New York Avenue, Educational 
Classes, Reading and Social Rooms, Library, Gymnasium, 
Reception Rooms. Visitors always welcome at the Asso- 
ciation Building. 

Humane Society, 1224 F St., N. W. 

Glenwood Cemetery, Lincoln Ave., N. W. of Boundary. 

Graceland Cemetery, 15th and H Sts., N. E. 

Mt. Olive Cemetery, Bladensburg road. 

Oak Hill Cemetery, head of 30th Street, Georgetown. 

The House where Lincoln died, 516 loth Street, N. W. 



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